Second Lieutenant,
U.S. Army Air Forces

O-808796

3rd Bomber Training Squadron

SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN
WILLARD DANSER was born in 1919 in New Jersey to John & Harriet
Danser. His father was in the real estate and insurance business, and
the family made its home at 27 West Chestnut Avenue, in Merchantville NJ
until at least April of 1930. They later moved to 3350 Springfield
Avenue in neighboring Pennsauken NJ. Besides John, there was an older
brother, Theodore Montfort Danser. John Danser enlisted in the United
States Army in August of 1942. While he was stationed at Maxwell Field
AL, his mother Harriet Danser,
passed away after a long illness, on November 27, 1942.

John Danser qualified for
flight duty after entering the United States Army. He died while serving
with the 3rd Bomber Training Squadron in North Africa, and is buried at North Africa American Cemetery
at Carthage, Tunisia. He was survived by his father and his brother
Theodore, then a Naval officer.